Article
Early Life Exposure to Air Pollutants and Childhood Asthma.
Current allergy and asthma reports - 15 Sept 2026
Gorska Magdalena M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This manuscript summarizes and comments on recent studies linking prenatal and early postnatal exposure to air pollution and childhood asthma. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent human cohort studies linked early life exposure to air pollutants with epigenetic modifications in airway epithelial cells, revealed a novel epigenetic convergence point for tobacco smoke exposure and genetic predisposition to...
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- Humans
- Asthma
- Air Pollutants
- Animals
- Environmental Exposure
- Child
- Female
- Epigenesis, Genetic
